Isaiah 44:6-8

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Besides Me There Is No God

⁶Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
    and ^(A)his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
^(B)“I am the first and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.
⁷^(C)Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.^[a]
    Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
    Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
⁸Fear not, nor be afraid;
    have I not told you from of old and declared it?
    ^(D)And you are my witnesses!
^(E)Is there a God besides me?
    There is no ^(F)Rock; I know not any.”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 44:7 Or Who like me can proclaim it?

Isaiah 45:5-7

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⁵^(A)I am the Lord, and there is no other,
    besides me there is no God;
    ^(B)I equip you, though you do not know me,
⁶^(C)that people may know, from the rising of the sun
    and from the west, that there is none besides me;
    I am the Lord, and there is no other.
⁷I form light and create darkness;
    I make well-being and ^(D)create calamity;
    I am the Lord, who does all these things.

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Isaiah 46:8-13

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⁸“Remember this and stand firm,
    recall it to mind, ^(A)you transgressors,
⁹    remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
    I am God, and there is none like me,
¹⁰^(B)declaring the end from the beginning
    and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ^(C)‘My counsel shall stand,
    and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
¹¹^(D)calling a bird of prey from the east,
    the man of my counsel from a far country.
^(E)I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
    I have purposed, and I will do it.

¹²“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
    you who are far from righteousness:
¹³^(F)I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
    and my salvation will not delay;
^(G)I will put salvation in Zion,
    for Israel my glory.”

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Isaiah 63:7-19

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The Lord's Mercy Remembered

⁷I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
    the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
    ^(A)and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁸For he said, “Surely they are my people,
    children who will not deal falsely.”
    And he became their Savior.
⁹^(B)In all their affliction he was afflicted,^[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
^(C)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    ^(D)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰^(E)But they rebelled
    ^(F)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.
¹¹Then he remembered ^(G)the days of old,
    of Moses and his people.^[b]
^(H)Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
    with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
    his Holy Spirit,
¹²who caused his glorious arm
    to go at the right hand of Moses,
^(I)who divided the waters before them
    ^(J)to make for himself an everlasting name,
¹³    who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
    they did not stumble.
¹⁴Like livestock that go down into the valley,
    ^(K)the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
    ^(L)to make for yourself a glorious name.

Prayer for Mercy

¹⁵^(M)Look down from heaven and see,
    ^(N)from your holy and beautiful^[c] habitation.
Where are ^(O)your zeal and your might?
    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
    are held back from me.
¹⁶For ^(P)you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    ^(Q)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
¹⁷O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
    and ^(R)harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
^(S)Return for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes of your heritage.
¹⁸^(T)Your holy people held possession for a little while;^[d]
    ^(U)our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
¹⁹^(V)We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
    like those who are not called by your name.